8/9/2023 0 Comments Shadow and bone netflix zoyaHer death causes the creation of the Fold, making it feel like fridging (where the girlfriend/wife/love interest of the male protagonist dies in order to propel his story). In that tidbit from the past, he seemed enamored with a Grisha called Luda, who did not exist in the books, but came across as a love interest in that scene. Speaking of the Darkling! Due to budget constraints and everyone adoring Ben Barnes (he is a great actor), they opted to not show the Demon in the Woods short story as part of a flashback, where the Darkling would have been only 10 years old, but rather showed a grown up Darkling.Apparently, people wouldn’t be put off enough by his disregard for consent and need to control everyone around him. I worry about this change, not just because she eventually absorbs the antlers into her body entirely and they are not visible anymore at all, but also because it makes me feel that the producers thought putting a literal collar on a person was not horrific enough and they needed another violation of Alina’s body to showcase the Darkling’s evil nature. When the Darkling puts the antlers on Alina, she does not get a badass necklace, but rather the antlers fuse into her collar bone, making it an extremely uncomfortable scene to watch. I think that’s all pretty cut and clear, so, why did the show change them into some kind of body horror? The Grisha who killed the animal the amplifier is from has the power over it. Grisha can only have one amplifier in their lifetime (yeah, I know exceptions exist) and can never take it off. and can be anything from a necklace to a bracelet or ring. Amplifiers in the books, while still kind of barbaric, are jewelry made out of bones/scales/claws/etc.The problem is that they never contextualize this behavior, because they simply claim that being at war with Shu Han is enough to warrant the hostility, but that’s really not the take they thought it was. Every time they inserted a slur such as “rice-eater” or “half-breed” it felt forced and unnecessary and I imagine hurtful to certain audiences. Nowhere in the books was this kind of racism ever present and we are dealing with a Fantasy world where Alina already faces enough struggles and could have dealt with a number of different circumstances that made her feel othered if that was what they wanted to portray so badly. This was a choice made to bring more diversity to the on screen adaptation, but where they went wrong (in my opinion) was by adding anti-Asian slurs and racism to portray the treatment of people from Shu Han. In the books, Alina wasn’t biracial though. They have great chemistry with on screen partners and I’m so very glad they got cast for this role. Jessie is a ray of sunshine and hence amazing to watch as the sun summoner. Casting Jessie Mei Li as Alina was a beautiful choice.It did not overshadow my enjoyment entirely, because I binged the show in a day, but I find it necessary to point them out regardless. I want to get the “bad” things out of the way, because some of it really irked me. SPOILERS ahead!!!* THINGS/CHANGES I DIDN’T LIKE *I could not do this without going into detail on some topics, so this might not be for you if you want to go into the show with as little knowledge as possible.
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